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Warnet Hotel in Guise dans l'Aisne

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine urbain
Hotel particulier classé
Aisne

Warnet Hotel in Guise

    113-123 Place d'Armes
    02120 Guise
Crédit photo : Enrevseluj - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1700
1800
1900
2000
1730
Purchase by André Evrard Warnet
2e moitié du XVIIe siècle
Initial construction
1774
Property expansion
1876
Acquisition by Léon César Bernier
2002-2003
Historical monument classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

All the buildings, as well as the courtyard and its wall, composing the hotel (cad. AB 300 to 302): inscription by order of 14 October 2002, as amended by order of 7 April 2003

Key figures

André Evrard Warnet - Adviser to the King and President of the Guise Election Acquirer in 1730, sponsor of the decorations.
André François Quentin Warnet - Son of André Evrard Warnet Expanded the property in 1774.
Thomas Allonge - Merchant brewer Former owner before 1730.
Léon César Bernier - Notary in Guise Owner from 1876.

Origin and history

The Warnet Hotel is a private hotel located in Guise, in the department of Aisne, in the Hauts-de-France region. Built in the second half of the 17th century and redesigned in the 18th century, it illustrates the residential architecture of the provincial elites of that time. The building is distinguished by its body of regular houses opening on the Place d'Armes, supplemented by a wing of communes in return for square, whose arcades on the ground floor date from the transformation of a former brewery into outbuildings (supply, laundry). A stable, probably added at the beginning of the 19th century, and the vestiges of a palm game (mentioned in 1730 but now gone) were initially complete.

The hotel owes its name to the Warnet family, including André Evrard Warnet, king's adviser and president of the Guise election, who acquired it in 1730 with Thomas Allonge, a brewer merchant. Warnet and his son, André François Quentin Warnet, have contributed greatly to the interior fittings, including a carved wooden staircase dating from the construction, as well as to preserved wall decorations (rocaille lounges inspired by François Boucher). In 1774, the property expanded with the purchase of a adjoining house and a co-agent door, forming the current whole. After several family transfers, the hotel was acquired in 1876 by the notary Léon César Bernier, who installed his study and residence there.

Ranked a historic monument in 2002 and 2003, the Warnet Hotel testifies to the adaptation of Parisian fashions (rock decorations, woodwork) in a provincial residence. Its protected elements include all the buildings, the courtyard and its enclosure wall. The company lounge, with its copied doortops by François Boucher, and the rooms keeping their original décor, reflect the evolution of aristocratic tastes between the 17th and 19th centuries. Today, the property remains in private hands, preserving its historic disposition.

Located 113-123 Place d'Armes, the hotel is located in the Grand Faubourg, a district developed outside the medieval walls of Guise from the 17th century. This sector concentrated the homes of local notables (magistrates, merchants), symbolizing their economic and social power. The preservation of the hotel, including its detached cochère door and its annex house, offers a rare example of the provincial urban planning of Ancien Régime, marked by the influence of Parisian architectural models.

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